Polling day is just around the corner.

With a record number of new candidates, and several multi-cornered fights, GE2025 is shaping up to be a hotly contested election.

In this episode of Lens on Singapore, host Claressa Monteiro sits down with independent political analyst Dr Felix Tan and former Nominated Members of Parliament Anthea Ong and Nicholas Fang.

They talk about Singapore’s evolving political pluralism, the impact of young voters, the influence of social media, and the challenges faced by new political candidates.

Highlights of the conversation: 

01:23 Theme for this election?

04:28 Hotly contested constituencies

06:25 Leadership renewal and new candidates

10:36 Impact of Gen Z voters

16:27 What about the tariffs

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Hosted by Claressa Monteiro, edited and produced by Claressa Monteiro, Emily Liu and Chai Pei Chieh.

With Dr Felix Tan, independent political analyst; Anthea Ong, social entrepreneur, former nominated member of parliament; and Nicholas Fang, senior advisor at The Asia Group, managing director at Black Dot, former nominated member of parliament.

A podcast by BT Podcasts, The Business Times, SPH Media

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